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Kearney School District staff are getting into Chiefs spirit week by showcasing their team pride on Mahomes Monday.
The Social Security Administration has launched a new public service announcement campaign to warn people about an ongoing nationwide telephone impersonation scheme.
LIBERTY— Toska Tiemann initially pursued a degree in secondary education, but changed her path and found a partnership with Chad Wek and his company Unique Painting more appealing.
Kellie Houx
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There's something to be said for continuing to learn as we get older. Not only does it keep our brains active, but sometimes learning new things is just plain interesting and fun.
LIBERTY — While the brief snowfall on Monday, Jan. 20 kept the crowd size down, those who attended the 36th Annual Northland Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration at William Jewell College received a message of hope, perseverance and “freedom and justice for all.”
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
LIBERTY — Liberty Fire Chief John Mills is three weeks into 2020 and the start of his first full year as chief. He has been with the city since January 2001 and served for three months as interim chief after former Chief Mike Snider left to take a job as chief in Lee’s Summit. In mid-Novembe…
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
In 2020, Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education hopes to address the state’s teacher shortage through recruitment and retention efforts that include possibly raising teacher minimum salaries to $32,000, up from $25,000.
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Kansas State University named Peter Boos, MacKenna Franssens, Josi Frigon, Gerret Prendergast, Kathryn Prendergast, Grace Ross, Mason Stirtz and Jackson Yahne to its Dean's List for achieving a GPA of 3.75 or higher.
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LIBERTY— Toska Tiemann initially pursued a degree in secondary education, but changed her path and found a partnership with Chad Wek and his company Unique Painting more appealing.
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
A major update of the Clay County Strategic Initiative unveiled a dramatic vision for the area through 2023.
LIBERTY — Lion’s Choice, a St. Louis-based sandwich shop founded by childhood friends in 1967, will open its fourth Kansas City location at 129 S. Stewart Road, Liberty, in January 2020.
LIBERTY — Liberty Hospital has been recognized for its dedication to patient safety by being awarded an “A” grade in the Fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from preventable medical errors, injuries and infections within the hospital.
Missouri had a per capita income of $47,746 in 2018 nominal dollars, which are unadjusted for inflation, according to a report from the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center.
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“Bombshell” is a must-see film for men and women, liberals and conservatives alike. It is a study in sexual harassment defined, as a cross-section of power, money, careers and yes, sex.
Don't go looking for Christ in “Three Christs,” because it’s not a biblical story. Instead, set in a medical institution in the 1950s, Richard Gere portrays Dr. Alan Stone, who set out on a revolutionary experiment to replace shock therapy, straight jackets and over-medicating with identity-…
LIBERTY — The City of Liberty’s Preservation and Development Commission is accepting applications for the 2020 Neighborhood Enhancement Grant Program. This matching program allows residents to identify priorities for their neighborhood and undertake the enhancement project together.
I am amazed at the great increase in the number of “large-species” birds. Back in the fall there were thousands of huge white pelicans in the Ozarks. Most likely there are ten times as many pelicans today as there were a hundred years ago. I could write a whole column about pelicans, a fasci…
The Missouri Department of Conservation stocked Kearney’s Jesse James Park lake with 800 trout on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Fishing in the park, located north of downtown off Missouri Highway 33, is allowed with a pole and line. While fishing in the park is free, city code states fishermen must ha…
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KEARNEY — The Bulldogs' girls volleyball team had seven players earn all-state academic honors for 2019.
Smithville scored big in Excelsior Springs.
Jeremiah Reno has had a high school wrestling career for the ages. Liberty’s standout senior has accomplished just about everything possible to this point during his time as a Blue Jay.
The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame ushered in its Class of 2020 on Sunday night, Jan. 26, welcoming a group that included Kansas City Chiefs great Derrick Johnson, St. Louis Cardinals standout Terry Pendleton, Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost, University of Missouri and National Football Le…
The Smithville boys team wrestled to a sixth-place finish over the weekend at a tournament hosted by Platte County High School.
The William Jewell College women's basketball team outscored Missouri S&T 25-16 in the fourth quarter to hold off the Miners, 88-82, on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 25.
Tournament Most Valuable Player Jalen Perry scored 26 points Saturday, Jan. 25, to lead the Liberty North boys basketball team to a 65-55 victory over previously unbeaten Parsons, Kansas, in the championship game of the 29th Saints Classic at St. Thomas Aquinas High School.
The William Jewell College men's basketball team enjoyed one of their most efficient offensive performances of the season on Saturday, Jan. 25, which ended in a 77-71 win over Missouri S&T.
Kearney School District staff are getting into Chiefs spirit week by showcasing their team pride on Mahomes Monday.
SMITHVILLE — The mold of a new comprehensive plan with deliverable goals over the next 10 years was launched earlier this month by a partnership between Smithville city leaders and stakeholders throughout the community.
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For the kiddies, it'll be necessary to start this rant by explaining that there was an immensely popular TV show called "Dallas" that ran from 1978 through 1991. It traced the escapades of a grossly dysfunctional Texas family dynasty. Now we have the soap opera about a grossly dysfunctional British family dynasty. We could call it "Palace."
Let me spin a yarn for this column. It’s going to be true, colorful and fun.
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
Donald Trump isn't George W. Bush.
On January 27th, the world will observe the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date marks 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Hitler's largest death camp.
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